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Your board members are often volunteers, donating their time and energy to help you accomplish your organization’s goals. A virtual board meeting is an increasingly popular way of accommodating your board members’ professional and personal schedules. Technology is constantly bringing us new tools and extending its capabilities, such as remote attendance for meetings. The early virtual meeting tools weren’t perfect, but it has become easier and easier to design features and provide

How do you know whether your credit union board is doing a good job or not? We frequently hear from board members that their board governance “must be effective” because the credit union is performing well.  But how do you know who is driving the credit union’s performance? Is it the board, or is it the senior management team? How can you tell if your board is effectively contributing to the development

Board meetings are an essential opportunity for board members to analyze performance, make executive decisions, and discuss steps moving forward. Depending on the number of board members, accessing and communicating accurate and consistent information can be difficult. That’s where paperless board meetings come in.  What are paperless board meetings? Paperless board meetings are a new take on office tradition. In order to positively impact traditional board meetings and allow for a seamless

How do you know whether your credit union board is doing a good job or not? We frequently hear from board members that their board governance “must be effective” because the credit union is performing well.  But how do you know who is driving the credit union’s performance? Is it the board, or is it the senior management team? How can you know if your board is effectively contributing to the development

The year 2020 put boards front and center with serial challenges of the pandemic, social justice movements, and rising demands for a real response to climate change. It was a year of health crisis response that had boards supporting a new wave of transformational change. A lot of the challenges produced excellent outcomes in employee protection, stakeholder trust, safety, and respect. But as the adrenalin wanes, boards may be facing 2021 with

It’s been more than a year since many boards made the shift to virtual board meetings. While you’ve likely got a handle on using video conferencing technology by now, are your virtual board meetings productive and engaging?  You may have noticed that board members are more distracted, there’s too many interruptions, or worse, silence when asking for feedback. Or are you simply accomplishing less than you would be if it were an

The challenges faced by organizations and their boards that started in 2020 will continue to be front and center in 2021. Boards need to shift from responding to recovery with COVID-19, increase focus on board diversity and many will continue with digital transformation.  To put their best foot forward, boards should look inward and consider how to run a more effective and productive board. Here’s 5 ways to focus on better board